Shade-bracket.



E. L. KING.

SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1912.

. 1 072 739 Patented Sept. 9,1913.

EDWARD LEE KING, OF CHARLESTON,.ILLINOIS.

SHADE-BRACKET. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enwano KING, a

4 citizen of the United States, residing at Charleston, in the county of Coles and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Brackets,- of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to shade roller brackets and has for its primary object to provide a bracket wherein the same may be mounted upon a window frame, door, or the like, so as to support a shade roller, the same being held against accidental displacement when operated.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a shade roller bracket in which the pintle for supporting the shade roller is spring held, so that the shade may be readily wound u on and unwound from the roller, the spring being particularly mounted within the bracketso that when the shade is wound up upon the roller the tension upon the said spring is relieved therefrom, thereby obviating the breaking of the spring.

- A further object of the invention is the provision .of a curtain shade bracket in which the spring is held thereby, obviating the necessity of mounting the spring within the shade ro ler, yet the roller can be tensioned for the winding of the shade thereon. A still further object of the invention is the provision of a. shade roller bracket which is simple inconstruction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in its" purpose, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, com

bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 is-a front ele-' vation of a shade roller mounted in brackets constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the brackets. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the other bracket. Fig. 4 is a se tional view on the line 4.4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig.- 3. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2, looking toward the views in the drawing.

opposite side of the bracket, with the side cap removed.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several Specification of Letters Patent.

Application-filed November 23, .1912. Serial No. 738,150.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Referring to the drawings by numerals,

lO designates an ordinary shade roller carrying at one end a stud spindle 11, while I 1 roller so as to turn therewith, and are adapted for engagement in shade roller brackets presently described. The shade roller brackets 13 and 14, respectively, each comprises an elongated base 15 from which pro ects a. web 16 having integrally formed therewith a circular shaped housing -17 in which are detachably engaged removable slde caps 18 and 19, respectively, the cap 19 bein formed with a knob 20 projecting outwar ly therefrom, while the cap 18 is provided with a, central aperture 21. In both of the housings 17 arerotatably mounted arbors 22 and 23, respectively, in which are engaged the pintles 11 and 12, the said arbors being providedwith sockets 24 correspondingly shaped to the said pintles 11 and 12 for receiving the same. These arbors .22 and 23 are projected through the holes 21 in the cap 18 and have their bear- -ings in walls 25 integrally formed with the housing 17 internally thereof. Surrounding the arbor 22 is a coiled winding and un- Winding spring 26,- one end of which is fixed to the said arbor 22, while its opposite end is suitably fixed to the inner periphery of the housing 17 so that on the turning of the arbor 22 in-one direction the spring will become wound, thereby tensioning the shade roller so that on the unwinding of the spring, .the shade, (not shown), ordinarily mounted upon the roller, will become wound thereon, but on the winding of the spring the saidshade will unwind therefrom, this being accomplished by pulling upon the shade in the ordinary well-known manner,

Surrounding the arbor 23 and working against the wall 25 in the housing 17 containing the said arbor is a coiled compression spring 27, the same being also designed to work against a shoulder 28 formed on the arbor, and in this manner the arbor 23 can be retracted against the spring 27 so that the pintles 11 and 12 of the shade roller 10 can be engagedin the sockets 24 in both arbors 22 and 23, respectively. The cap 18 on the housing 17 containing the arbor 23 is formed with a recess 29 which permits the arbor 23 to become displaced within the said housing 17 against the tension of the spring 1 27, and therehypennitting-the easy 5 mount ingV-o'f the shade'srollef-IO in the brackets,

as will be clearly 'ap'pazzent Fixedto'the inner end of the arbor 22 is 5 a disk 30, on which arepivoteddiametrically opposed ratchet dogs 31-, eaeh'ot which is adaptedtoengage in anotch' 3I2i formedin I 8 eentral lug 33 projecting from the inner side of the cap 1 8, and in this manner the arbor 22 can'be locked-under the tension of Wound from the roller 10 at any desirable extent, that is to say, in other Words, the shade can'be adjusted as usual and held insuoh adjusted position onfthe roller 10 sup-j portin'g the same.

From the foregoing it is thought that the" construction and manner of operation of V the-device; will be clearly understood, and; therefore a more extended explanation has the spring 26 for sustaining the shade u'n;

-housin g, an arbor rotatahly journaled i'n one of the caps, meansfor tenslonlng each ofthe arhors', and nflean's connected With o'ne' of the' 'arhors and eh'gageable with-one of the eaps' for locking the said arbor in adjusted.

pos' "ion 'against'the tension of the tension Imea-ns actin thereon. L "f 12 A shae roller s11 port coniprlsmg a pairof braekets each ormed with a base,

.-a'eireu-lar.shaped housing supported by the base, caps: closing oppos te; sides of each housing";" an arbor 'ro tatably j ournaled ,in one-of the. Caps; means for tensioningeach of the' arbors, meanseon'n'ected with one of the arborsand ,engageable with one of the y eaps foiglo'cking'the said arbor in adjusted position against the-tension ofthe tension meansactlng thereon; and bearm fls formed vi'nxthe housing-and supporting t e innermost end portlons "of the arh'ors. 1 I

'. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature "in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD LEE KING. Witnesses: i

E A. Bunku'r'r, v JOHN. T; KINOAIYD. 

